Former Congressman Warns That Foreign Countries Could Bribe The Feds To “Regulate Drudge”

A former Republican Congressman from Colorado has warned that a foreign country could bribe or “incentivize” the FCC to regulate and “rein in” popular conservative news outlets, including The Drudge Report.

Former Rep. Tom Tancredo, in an opinion piece for The Hill, started out his shocking warning by downplaying the so-called Russian actors who may have spent a measly $100,000 with social media giant Facebook in exchange for ads that hurt Hillary Clinton.

Tancredo not only correctly noted that such a small amount of money could not have actually altered the election, he also destroyed the notion that the American establishment is “surprised” by the idea of a foreign government trying to influence an election.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said this month that his company sold over $100,000 in social media advertising to a Russian government-controlled front group during the 2016 election cycle. While that amount is a relative pittance and critics are saying the ads were poorly produced — where is Bill Maher when you really need him? — the discovery has raised alarms.

It’s ironic, of course, that America’s media elites are suddenly alarmed, considering that the CIA and intelligence agencies abroad have engaged in similar activity for decades. But putting that aside, what if the bigger danger comes not from amateurish foreign advertisers, but from foreign governments seeking to influence the American regulatory agencies meant to act as the citizens’ watchdogs?

The former congressman then gets to the crux of his warning, asking a very pointed question to the reader that unfortunately sounds all too plausible in this day and age.

Could a foreign government — such as Russia, Ukraine, or Mexico, for example — bribe or “incentivize” a federal agency such as the Federal Election Commission to regulate (or “rein in”) conservative news websites?

The truth could be stranger than fiction if you examine the habits of the federal commissioners who run our regulatory agencies.

Tancredo then reveals a fact that news outlets like The Daily Sheeple have long reported – there are absolutely elements within the federal government who have expressed support for censoring The Drudge Report in the past while at the same time taking dozens of trips overseas, sometimes even bashing the American way of life while doing so.

For years, Democrats on the FEC have been vocal in their desire to regulate speech on websites such as Facebook and Twitter, to say nothing of Drudge and Fox News. Will they use the news of foreign government purchasing social media advertising as an excuse to enter that regulatory minefield more boldly?

But what’s even more worrisome is that third-party groups, some connected to foreign governments, have spent tens of thousands of dollars helping regulators travel around the world. Who’s to say that quid pro quo, spoken or unspoken, isn’t part of the equation?

It’s far more likely than the idea that foreign governments might be using a website like Drudge to spread propaganda. Buying one regulator would be more cost-effective than spending millions trying to sway millions through advertising. After all, “I can get it for you wholesale” is still the American way.

Consider this. As the establishment media continues to push their 24/7 anti-Trump echo chamber, real dangers poised by other countries are going unchecked, with many in the media most likely on board with the idea that top conservative news outlets need to be censored.

At this point one can’t help but wonder (and worry) that some form of political censorship of the internet is on the horizon which will most likely be attempted by connecting the amazing success of someone like Matt Drudge to supposed Russian propaganda operations – all in the name of censoring non leftist voices.

You have a severe case of Zionitis, which prevents you from seeing the big picture. A collectivist warmonger is a collectivist and a warmonger, even if they don’t have anything to do with Israel or Zionists. Your choice is simple, keep your head buried in a Zionist cesspool or recognize the larger problem of governmental occupation. There is little point in whistleblowers blowing their whistles if we are deaf to them.

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Nothing frightens me on a group. Massive ignorance and stupidity that refuses to renovate itself is intellectually disgusting and of no value in any way. That I block som it won’t waste my time. Again, you have a raging case of Zionitis and no interest in blaming the correct people when you can blame everything on a group of people who wouldn’t fill a small synagogue.

This government is so hypocritical. They piss and moan about election meddling, yet they have meddled in the elections of so many countries it’s ridiculous. They’ve even gone as far as to assassinate the leaders of other countries so they could install a puppet government.
Now they want to censor alternative media outlets so they can control the narrative, unlike this past election when they exposed the corruption and lawlessness of Hillary and the democrats, especially after Wikileaks published the leaked emails showing how extremely corrupt and dishonest Hillary and the democrats are.
If not for the alternative media, we would never have had any news stories about all the corruption and election tampering that went on in the democrat party. The mainstream media certainly wouldn’t have ran any stories about Hillary and Wasserman Shultz screwing Bernie Sanders out of the nomination or anything about Hillary’s illegal e-mail server or anything else that exposed their corruption.
If they can censor Drudge, they can censor anyone. And you can bet that they will.
All these crooked politicians should be in jail.

darkhorse

SP… you KNOW this is not OUR govt anymore…this is the UNITED STATES OF ISRAHEL…

SP_88

Our government was bought and paid for a long time ago. And they basically used our money to pay for it.

darkhorse

yes…that’s the JUUish way!

Jeff

With the professional politicians we are way past jail. Terminate. With extreme prejudice. Or term limits. Mandatory Term Limits.

SP_88

I have an idea. How about term limits with a caveat. If they do a good job, and they manage to not get voted out of office before they reach their term limit, they will then, and only then, get paid for their service.
If they fuck up, and get voted out before they reach their limit, they don’t get paid. Plus, they get their ass beat.
I bet we would see our government suddenly become very efficient and since it would be we the people who they were trying to please, I bet things would be a lot more favorable towards us.

Mayday911us

Yeah but I’m pretty sure Zuckerberg kept that money.

Jeff

Boy, is this loser out of touch. We don’t have countries anymore. It’s all one globalist world. Just ask the Democrats and Hillary Clinton. [sarcasm]